My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 105 The Murderer May Be Yuan Jie
Lu Jinshi saw Rong Yi at the door and said, "Quickly go and fetch a doctor..."

Rong Yi summoned his bodyguards.

The guard hurriedly took out a bottle of wound medicine from his bosom. "Seventh Prince's Consort, this is a hemostatic medicine."

Lu Jinshi took the hemostatic medicine and tore open the strip of cloth that had been used to stop the bleeding. He lifted the shirt, which was mixed with blood and flesh, and saw that Wan Niang had several cuts on her abdomen. No wonder she had lost so much blood.

Lu Jinshi poured the wound medicine onto Wan Niang's incision in her waist and abdomen, and then bandaged the wound again. Seeing that Wan Niang still had a sliver of consciousness, she said, "Stay awake, don't fall asleep! Wan Niang, you still have Rou'er... You must hold on until the doctor comes."

Rong Yi said, "This place is close to the horse farm, where there are specialized military doctors who are best for treating knife wounds."

Lu Jinshi looked outside and said, "I don't know if anyone is still alive in the courtyard. Go outside and take a look. I'll stay here and watch over Wan Niang."

Rong Yi said, "The guards have already checked; there are no survivors."

Lu Jinshi frowned. She looked at her stepmother, who was murmuring Rou'er's name in her arms, and said, "Rou'er is only two years old. She is too young. You must live."

As the maid gradually regained consciousness, she said, "It's you..."

"You shouldn't have saved me."

“I am a wicked person. If it weren’t for me, the prince consort would not have divorced the princess.”

Perhaps it was because I did something evil and harmed Her Highness the Princess that I am now being punished…

When Lu Jinshi saw that Wan Niang had regained consciousness, she became even more nervous, as if this was a final burst of energy before death.

“I was wrong, I’m sorry, Princess. But… my Rou’er is too young, too young… she’s only two years old. Please help her find a good place, so she won’t suffer like me, with a life of hardship. In the village, I had to do countless chores. I had to get up at dawn to cook for the whole family.”

During the day, I would also go to the fields with them. I always thought that if I was more capable, my parents would favor me more.

But when our village was hit by a flood, in order to support my nephew and my brother, they wanted me to marry a sixty-year-old man who could be my grandfather as a concubine. That old man had a penchant for tormenting young women.

The prince consort at the time saved me like a god; he was the first person to be kind to me...

I didn't harbor any romantic feelings for him; I only wanted to repay his kindness. After all, the days I spent as his servant were the best days of my life...

But one day he got drunk, and in his confusion, one wrong step led to another…

Seeing that Wan Niang was about to fall asleep, Lu Jinshi said, "Your biggest mistake was using the life of the child in your womb to slander the princess for wanting to harm you. At that time, the princess had already planned to acknowledge your children. The princess is kind-hearted. If she had acknowledged your children, she would not have abandoned you and left you with the child."

Tears welled in Wan Niang's eyes. "I was really scared at the time. I didn't mean to slander Her Highness the Princess. I really didn't dare to get up..."

“I was also afraid that if I lost my child, the Prince Consort would despise me. I didn’t want to go back to the village and live that mule-like life. I didn’t want my Rou’er to end up like me… That’s why I wanted to gain the Prince Consort’s pity.”

"drive!"

The sound of horses' hooves echoed at the door.

A bearded man carrying a medicine box entered. He looked at the woman in Lu Jinshi's arms, quickly checked Wan Niang's pulse, and then took out a pill and fed it to Wan Niang.

After handing Wan Niang over to the army doctor, Lu Jinshi slowly got up.

Lu Jinshi frowned slightly as he looked at the bloodstains all over his body.

Rong Yi said to Lu Jinshi, "Go to the academy and change your clothes."

Lu Jinshi nodded in agreement and said, "Okay."

The two walked outside, and Lu Jinshi said to Rong Yi, "Wan Niang is indeed pitiful and hateful, but she doesn't deserve to die. The murderer stabbed her five times; she's really lucky to be alive..."

Rong Yi said, "Besides Yuan Jie, there is probably no one else who could commit such a crime here."

“Yuan Jie?” Lu Jinshi said, “He was so protective of Wan Niang before, but now he’s acting so ruthlessly?” Rong Yi said, “The money and jewelry in this manor are all here. If it were bandits, they would have taken Wan Niang’s clothes and jewelry, but Wan Niang’s jewelry and hairpins are all here.”

Lu Jinshi sighed and said, "Should we have the Ministry of Justice investigate this matter?"

“It must be investigated. This incident happened in a manor right under the emperor’s nose, and we must investigate it thoroughly.”

Lu Jinshi said, "Then what should we do with Wan Niang? Yuan Jie's five stabs were probably meant to kill Wan Niang."

Rong Yi said, "Let's settle them in the academy first."

"In the academy now, there are only Senior Brother Mu Yan and Dean Lin. One is a scholar who can't even kill a chicken, and the other is bedridden with illness..."

Rong Yi said, "How about we have the army doctor take Wan Niang back to the horse farm to take care of her? There are skilled cavalry guards from Chang'an City there, so no one will dare to cause trouble among them."

Lu Jinshi said, "There are only men over there..."

Rong Yi chuckled and said, "Wan Niang is no longer a young woman who needs to worry about her reputation. For her, staying alive is more important. The military doctor there can take care of her from time to time."

Lu Jinshi thought that Rong Yi's words made sense, and she went out with Rong Yi.

He saw Qi Li playing with Rou'er. Lu Jinshi bent down and hugged Rou'er in his arms. He saw that Rou'er's feet were bleeding. She was stunned and didn't know if she had witnessed the murder and cover-up inside.

Lu Jinshi said, "Rou'er, your sister will take you to see your third uncle."

It was truly inappropriate for Rou'er to go to the military camp at such a young age.

Qi Li said, "Seventh Aunt, let me hold my little sister."

Rong Yi said, "Are you the only one who can carry your sister?"

"I can carry her, I like my little sister."

Lu Jinshi carried Rou'er back to the academy.

Just then, Princess Yongjia and Lu Xiao were heading back to the princess's residence.

Princess Yongjia bumped into Lu Jinshi, who was covered in blood, and asked, "Seventh sister-in-law, what happened to you?"

Princess Yongjia covered her mouth and nose, unable to stop herself from gagging.

Lu Xiao looked at the girl in Lu Jinshi's arms and said, "Isn't this Yuan Jie's illegitimate child? Cousin, why are you holding her?"

Lu Jinshi said, "Yuan Fei kindly settled Wan Niang and her daughter in the manor next to the academy, but who knew that the manor would be massacred today to silence them? Wan Niang was stabbed five times, but Xiao Rou'er is fine. I plan to give her to Yuan Fei..."

Princess Yongjia trembled all over as she asked, "Wan Niang... is she dead?"

"She didn't die. She's lucky. She was still alive when I got there."

Princess Yongjia breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. Even though I loathe her to the extreme, I didn't think it was to the point of death. Alas... how could this have happened? The child is still so young."

Princess Yongjia can now face Rou'er, who looks like Yuan Jie, with equanimity. She is now pregnant and has less hatred for Rou'er, but more pity for her.

Rong Yi said to Princess Yongjia, "Your Majesty, you must also be very careful. I suspect that the murderer who hired someone to kill you is Yuan Jie."

Princess Yongjia frowned slightly.

Lu Xiao, who was standing to the side, put his hand on Princess Yongjia's shoulder and said, "Then you shouldn't leave the princess's residence for the next few days. Our wedding date is coming soon anyway."

Princess Yongjia nodded and said, "Okay."